| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOSY | Diffusion-ordered Spectroscopy (NMR) |
| PAO | Polyphosphate Accumulating Organism |
| PPLO | Pleuropneumonia-like Organism |
| P-A TEST | Presence-absence Test |
| BSSEC | Basis-set Superposition Error Correction |
| PVD | Physical Vapor Deposition |
| LXR | Liver X Receptorpar |
| DGT | Diffusive Gradients In Thin Films |
| PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyl |
| SAS | Small Angle Scattering |